Grow food between new urban centres

Food should be grown on “green wedges” the Queensland government wants to preserve between urban centres in the southeast, a farming lobby group says.

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Food Banks Canada art display features solutions from public on ending hunger

TORONTO - Food Banks Canada is inviting the public to get involved as it taps into the medium of art to raise awareness about hunger.

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TV food advertisements promote imbalanced diets

Making food choices based on television advertising results in a very imbalanced diet according to a new study comparing the nutritional content of food choices influenced by television to nutritional guidelines published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

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Chef out to change Chicago laws barring gourmet food trucks

Barring any last-minute delays, Matt Maroni will open a tiny sandwich shop in Edgewater this week. He’s calling it “gaztro-wagon.” The 13-seat shop is made of bricks and not at all mobile. But if Maroni gets his way, gaztro-wagon will serve as a launching pad for a revolution in Chicago dining

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World authority on food security to speak at University of Sydney

World-leading food and sustainability expert, Dr Per Pinstrup-Andersen, will reveal the inner workings of the global food system and what needs to be done to ensure the world doesn’t go hungry when he speaks at the University of Sydney early next month.

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